Socio-Economic Position-First Nations of Canada

Running Head: DETERMINANTES OF SOCIO ECONOMIC 1
Socio-Economic Position-First Nations of Canada

DETERMINANTES OF SOCIO ECONOMIC 2
Contents
Introduction..............................................................................................................................................3
Socio-Economic Condition......................................................................................................................3
Upstream, Midstream and Downstream Socio-Economic Determinants and its impact on health.........4
Key determinants of Health as per Upstream, midstream and downstream........................................5
Currently being done in Canada to address the determinate of Socio-economic conditions................11
Recommendation...................................................................................................................................14
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................16
References..............................................................................................................................................17

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Introduction
Canada is situated in Northern part of North America. It is a second largest country in
the world after Russia, it covers almost around an area of 9.98 million square kilometres.
Total population of Canada is 35,151,728 out of which 1,673,785 are aboriginal Canadians.
With fifteenth highest nominal per capita income, Canada gets a status of a developed nation
globally. It positions among the highest international measurements of life quality,
government transparency, economic freedom and education (Globaledge, 2018). Beside that
the country is facing many issues which are related to socio economic status determinates of
health such as income status, Government policies, education, culture and many more
(Blackstock, 2011). This report contains the Upstream, Midstream and Downstream socio
economic determinates and their negative impact on the indigenous population of country. In
continuation this report contains, the current initiative taken by the Canadian Government
and their Health Department to control the effects of socio-economic determinates and
afterwards the recommendations have been stated, which contains the innovative ideas to
address the issues related to socio-economic determinates of health.

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(Source: Statistics Canada, 2011)
Socio-Economic Condition
A Socio-economic condition is an amalgamation of sociological and economic
measures of economic and social position in relation to others or personal work experience of
an individual. It is referred to an individual level of wealth, income, prestige and education.
Social economic position is been connected to the well-being of young children and adults.
The social economic conditions are typically divided into three levels high, low and middle,
to explain the three variables, an individual, family and society. And when an individual or
family or society once characterized into these three levels than the three variables can be
assessed as per economic conditions (Business discovery, 2018).
Upstream, Midstream and Downstream Socio-Economic Determinants and
its impact on health
Inequalities in Health refer to variance in statues of health. These variances can be
due to, individual choice or chance or biological factors, but public health evidence that many
of these variances contribute to the unsatisfactory distribution of the socio-economic features
that affects the health condition of individuals. And it also provides exposure to social
environments and conditions which are beyond the control of individuals (World Health
Organisation, 2018).

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(Source: Government of Canada, 2018)
The macro level determinants are related to upstream determinants of health, it
includes government policies, international influences, and the fundamental determinants of
health which includes social, physical, economic, and environment. The midstream
determinant of socio economic condition includes behaviours related to health, psychosocial
factors and the part played by the health care system. The micro level or downstream
determinant includes variations in physiological system and biological functioning and these
factors provide stimulus value to functioning of the upstream and midstream levels
(Brownson, Seiler & Eyler, 2010).

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Key determinants of Health as per Upstream, midstream and downstream
(Source: Health Poverty Action, 2018)
1. Social status and Income: Health status of people enhance with the rise in the
income status. High income determines that the living conditions of the individuals
are really good and they are living a safe and healthy life and they are efficient to buy
adequate amount of goods and food. The fittest population as per health conditions are
those which are wealthy and have an equal distribution of income. If the income of an
individual is low or he/she is living below poverty line that will definitely affect their
health. As their living conditions are not good they are lacking in money and this will
lead to bad health. Low income also affects people mentally and physically. In case
the low income individuals fall ill if he/she does not have much money to pay their
medical bills. And low income also affects the economy of country (Zitko, Jones,
Lynch & Araya, 2013).
There are 43% of indigenous Canadians were working for a monetary income in
compared to 61 %Total Canadian in 2006. Later Aboriginal people of core working
Social Status and Income
Personal Health Practice and coping Skills
Culture
Social Environments
Physical Health or Environment
Education and Literacy
Health services
Gender
Employment and working conditions
Social Support Network